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Agile for the Government Product Owner

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Agile Government Leadership

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Outcomes for today

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www.AgileGovLeaders.org/Academy

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Why you should do this course

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Lesson 1: Introduction To
Agile

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● What Is Agile?
● Why Agile In Government?
● Agile Government Handbook
● Government Challenges To Using Agile
● The Scrum Guide
Lesson 1: Reading List

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Agile 101 Case Study Discussion
● Live conversation with panelists from both the Federal and private sectors
about Agile and its role in the context of government
Scrum Training Series
● Scrum helps us practice Agile effectively. The Scrum Training Series
above is divided into several videos
Lesson 1: What to Watch

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Lesson 2:
How to Be a Product
Owner

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● Role not a title
● How a PO relates to other roles
● Inward responsibilities to the scrum team
● Outward responsibilities to the rest of the world
● Necessary skills and abilities
● Common backgrounds
What is Product Ownership?

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● Role not a title
● How a PO relates to other roles
● Inward responsibilities to the scrum team
● Outward responsibilities to the rest of the world
● Necessary skills and abilities
● Common backgrounds
Product Owner Responsibilities

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● Day job
● Too many stakeholders
● Legacy process drag
● Long planning cycle
● Plan ahead of procurement process
● Value tradeoffs within contractual constraints
Product Ownership is Different in
Government

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● How to balance short term and long term priorities
● Executives think we bought “x” with a timeline of “y”
● I don’t know anything about software design
● Convincing stakeholders to accept an MVP approach
● Receiving clear explanations from engineering team
● What to do when things don’t go as expected
Common PO Challenges

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Lesson 3:
Creating and Managing a
Backlog of User Stories

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Lesson 4:
Interpreting the Burndown Chart

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Lesson 4: Burndown Charts
● What is it?
● Why is it valuable?
● What can it tell you?

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Next Steps
Take the course: www.agilegovleaders.com/Academy/Product-Owner
Stay in Touch:
LinkedIn: Agile Government Leadership group
Twitter: @agilegovleaders
Email: info@agilegovleaders.org, joshua.smith@acquia.com,
mark.vogelgesang@gsa.gov

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Open discussion